#8A9838#8A9838

#8A9838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.121 H 116.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8A9838
RGB	rgb(138, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(69, 46%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(69, 63%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 0%, 63.2%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, -18.72, 47.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 50.90, 111.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.89% -0.055 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(64.89% 0.121 116.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.4237, 28.1455, 7.9920)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Color harmonies

complementary

#8A9838 #463898

analogous

#987638 #8A9838 #5A9838

triadic

#8A9838 #388A98 #98388A

tetradic

#8A9838 #389876 #463898 #98385A

square

#8A9838 #389876 #463898 #98385A

split-complementary

#8A9838 #385A98 #763898

monochromatic

#393F17 #616B28 #8A9838 #AEBE4F #C3CF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#8A9838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#8A9838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8A9838

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8A9838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8A9838	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A1913E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#929084

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8a9838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(138, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.121 116.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#afb673',
    500: '#8a9838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8a9838;
$custom-light: #afb673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8a9838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 138,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 68.75,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6489,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 116.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8A9838

secondary

#7E74B8

accent

#52D665

background

#FBFBF7

surface

#F6F6ED

border

#D0D0C8

text

#111108

muted

#80807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #8A9838

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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